Tuesday, 4 July 2017

3 quilts completed charity makes made.

June was a productive month for me, have been busy making quilts and also blocks and charity makes.

A friend of Helen`s lost her 15 year old daughter last august so tragic she had a epileptic fit. The Mum is having a fund raiser on her anniversary for the epilepsy charity, and Helen volunteered Catherine my other daughter and me to make some things for it!! Catherine does glass painting and makes beautiful cards no stitching but other techniques. I am also pleased to support this charity as my ex husband suffered from uncontrolled epilepsy from the age of 29 till his death aged 76 and I would never know when he was going to have a fit, he often had them whilst waiting to board a plane after a holiday, we were sure air conditioning effected him so any money raised will go to researching this illness

Hope too make a few more things before august to add to these, maybe some embroidered cards and have done a scrap HST quilt from 5.5" squares which they might like too. Only completed this yesterday so should really not be in the june makes blog.I had a disaster with a glass of sherry which I managed to spill on it when it was waiting to have the binding hand stitched, should not have had it on the kitchen table, fortunately it washed out okay. This one I machine quilted with a walking foot and wonky lines

I have also made 15 blocks for the Manchester quilting bee that are making quilts following the bombing at the concert last month, the bee are coming up to our Leeds MQG on 17th and we are all going to help making the blocks into quilts. The hexies have been attaches to 6.5" squares.

I sorted my scraps during the month and decided to make some fabric baskets for them one for each colour, I used car headliner the same as bosal but cheaper and not iron on and it worked very well,

3 more quilts a baby quilt for Debbie a friend of Helen`s baby not born yet but Helen says she loves the quilt/play mat. Hand quilted with a wavy pattern on the sashing and circles on the blocks.

This is the back of the quilt liking this fabic

now this one was done with Jennie Rayment on the create and craft channel my first attempt at medallion quilt I hand quilted this with purple perle thread I enjoy hand quilting but could not do it with hand quilting cotton and very small stitches.

Next is a crazy stack and whack quilt fun to do but struggled with arranging the blocks, hand quilted.

I also made 10 assorted blocks the winter slostice BOM was completed and I decided the blocks that were bigger than 12" I would not use in the quilt so made the substitute blocks instead. Sorry can`t find the photo for these.
Last but not least a stitching apron for me to wear when stitching. It has pockets on the front, I made the same as the charity ones but this was the first I made might take the waistband and straps off and make them narrower as I have done in the other 2. It is reversible but no pocket on the other side.

I know I've said it before, but Wow, you get a lot done! It's all fabulous. All of your items for the charity are going to sell quickly. Also, love that little quilt for Debbie. I might have to copy you to use some scraps:) Not sure if over there they use the same terms, but the stack-n-wack crazy we call a potato chip quilt (not really sure why???) Sometimes it's funny to hear what certain things are referred to elsewhere.Have a beautiful day.

My condolences on your friend's loss and on your husband's passing from epilepsy. Charity work is so heartwarming and your creations should benefit them greatly. I had a childhood girlfriend and later a high school guy friend who suffered terribly with grand mal seizures. I do hope the funds raised will help to find a cure. Blessings Dear Margaret...<3

Once again you have done an amazing amount of work. So much done for charity. Love the bags and the small Quilts, especially the first one with the assorted HST blocks, so colorful. You always have such a lot of great things to see. God bless you and your work.

Ive been making blocks and a quilt for Grenfell Towers survivors/fire crews/hospital staff, so lovely to see there is a Manchester group making quilts for folks involved there too.Do you have a link to them by any chance please?Someone asked in the Quilts for Grenfell Towers Disaster FB group, whether anyone was making a quilt for the guy who was paralysed from the navel down.You've some wonderful makes there, well done!

You are truly amazing. You must be working around the clock to achieve all that in a month (Do you eat?). There are fabulous things and ideas here. I love the cat bags and the fabric baskets are great. The play at is also a good idea. It's such a productive response. Awesome!

I'll say that was a productive month Margaret! You put us all to shame :) I really like your Medallion quilt, one day I will attempt one too. Good luck with the fundraising items I am sure they will sell well.

Ditto every other comment so far Margaret. You must run on Duracell batteries ! What a wonderful way to use your talents to benefit others bless you. I am a Keyworker for a Lady with Epilepsy and wish there was a cure for her and others suffering from Epilepsy. Marion x

You are simply amazing and such a kind soul. All your gifts to the foundation fund raiser are going to be cherished!!!You have been quite busy having so much fun creating!!! Love everything!!! Take care my friend, Martha :^)

Lordy Lady, you have been so busy. What a lot of great projects...I lost count. I am a "lady of leisure" as well and keep stitching away, but am no match for your wonderful output. I am in awe of your charity things too. I also have a tiny sherry sometimes.

What a workflow Margaret, I am well impressed. You have made a wonderful variety of items to raise money for the epilepsy charity, my youngest granddaughter had her first fit before leaving hospital as a newborn but luckily appears to be growing out of it as she gets older, it is such a worry. The little bags are lovely as are the quilts, you have such a generous heart.

Hiya , I'm the mum of Megan (you are doing the charity things for her fundraiser in august) your work is absolutely beautiful and I can't thank you enough for your extremely generous donations , I'm sure they will go down a treat on the day , thankyou one again for all your hard work :)

Margaret, it was a busy but so creative month! I love all the things you made: the aprons, the bags, the quilts, the fabric boxes, everything! I admire people who make things for charity. You are a great person.

Dear Margaret, how busy you were - my mouth is wide open -and so good of you to work for the charity thing. I am moved to have read of your husband's fate- my feelings are with you. I can't work much lately as we are so occupied with the house to sell. Good that you drew my attention to your blog - I forget to read blogs at times.